Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-12
WIN. KLEEMAN.
Chief Of Fire Department.
The Ridge Route.
Dickson County pemocrat.l

Mr.. Frank Mills, who lives on III,
proposed route by which the raiIroas
rom Clarksville to Dickson will bt
built and who is thoroughly acquainted
with the country between this place
ana Clarksville, called on the Democrat
last Friday and furnished us with tho
following facts:
The Louisville & Nashville Railway
Company contemplates connecting the
L., A. d I. Ry. and the N. q T. Ry hv
using their main line from ClarksyilIe
to Blrds's Creek Bridge, distance Of
about + miles, and building a road
from that point to Dickson. The dis.
lance from Birds Creek Bridge to
Contrary Pond, (24 miles west Of this
place. carefully estimated by Mr.
Mills and Mr.. Gil Alternately will not
exceed 70 miles, and there will not be y
bridge trestle, sharp curve or heavy
grade on the entire route. Snch
combination of natural advantages for |
building a railroad is seldom met viii
in any section, but the crowning suner,-
orlty OF this route is that it will mass
through the largest and finest denosits
I IRON ore and virgin forests un-
developed in the State, If not in the
entire South. From Birds Creek
Bridge to the top of the ridge, dis
lance OF . miles, the route is a gentle
up tgrade through the old coalinps of
y. X. and Louisa Furnaces. Al the
top OF the ridge are located the famed
Y, X. Furnace Banks, and here {
commences the great timber sunnlv ]
which continues without break 70 /
Contrary Pond. y
We questioned Mr.. Mills nart;cn.
lariy IN regard to the area of timber. d
as he is acknowledged to be the best '
posted on that subject OF any man IN t
Dickson county. He states that the {
area OF timber on the west side of the a
proposed route, extends along said
quite Tor IS miles and will AVERAGE :
niles IN width; the supply on the
'ast side extends from a point two
niles north of said residence to Con. :,
rary Fonda distance of 10 miles " y
nd will average miles in width. and V
nay tnis extensive area of timbered 4,
ana is not composed OF scrubbv =
ldge lumber, but consists largely Of .,
ne hnest bodies of black oak, White a. a.
ak, poplar and hickory timber. Mr., ~ ~
lllis owns on this route 900 acres Of ",
nne timber as can be found in the h.
Iate, and informs us that the nro- 1'
rletors Of the Stave Mill, at Erin
ave made him propositions to mr. g,
lase 1t. There is known to be q J.,
'ntlnued deposit of the finest grades ~ ~
ore the entire route and that tbe u u
ppiy IS eXhaustable. Many banks w
ON which the furnaces of ante he'll :
m times were supplied, are on this
ute, and furnace men state that
ay alone would run pair of the NJ
fgest sized furnaces MANY oenera- Lc
ms. The following old-time fur- pla
ces We're run with ore from those Jal
nks;; Sailors Rest, Louisa, O. K pc
rroll and Worley. - N' La
Mr. Mills is confident, that another usl
en- an exhaustless supply Of ore fyi
d timber with such an avaj1ahie VIII
lte for the construction of a i1 raiI Dire
III, does not exist, and it is wonder. IN
that the attention of capitalists phi
not been attracted thither ere Con
$. Mr.. Mills was absent from zen
he wIen Engineer Cobb inspected pr
route a few weeks ago. and M Kia
% expressed his regret while IN r. :
Democrat office that he had failed 70 Ban
ct with Mr.. Mills as it was from him posi-
he expected to gain the informa. lean
n needed In regard to the route paid
trip from Clarksville to Dickson one
this route by Mr.. Cobb was made Ban
hurried manner, and he admitted one
necessity OF returning and making San
nore extensive inspection of the bell,
per resources before making his Alvs
report to the L. & N. officials tent
asserted that it was his belief that drew
road would be constructed soon also
the survey made this spring, and to 5.
as the ridge route was the onlv to
liable one and the road would mass the
city through the wealth they were phis,
lng-ore and timber-that it womb Com
uilt on the route described bv Mr. Ell! ol
;; we are confident this road Banl
De constructed and will be of one /
advantage to Dickson county and OF \
ing investment for the L. < n succt
pany. " '' 637